ACM SIG Awards and Grants Matrix
2000-02-02
Note: Italics denotes changes since the last report to the SGB (dated 1999-02-18).
Endowment
Sponsor Award Name [Conference] Type Named Endowed Honorarum Yr. Est. Initial Balance Notes
SIGACT Best Student Paper [STOC] Paper N N $500
SIGACT Distinguished Service Service N N $1,000
SIGACT Donald E. Knuth Prize for OC to the Foundations of CS Merit Y Y $5,000 with Godel Prize
SIGACT Godel Prize [EATCS] Paper Y Y $5,000 $140,000  $143,031  combined awards
SIGACT PODC Influential Paper Paper N Y $1,000 1999 $10,000  $10,000  with SIGOPS
SIGAda Distinguished Service Service N N n/a
SIGAda Outstanding Ada Community Contributions Merit N N n/a
SIGAPL Innovation Merit N N n/a
SIGAPL Kenneth E. Iverson Merit Y N $1,000 1983
SIGAPP Distinguished Service Service N N
SIGAPP Outstanding Service Service N N
SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Merit Y Y $2,500 1998 $60,000  $62,654 
SIGART Excellence in Autonomous Agent Research Merit N Y $1,000 1999 $20,000  $20,000 
SIGBIO Best Paper [SAC/AMIA] Paper N N $1,000 Proposed
SIGCAS Making a Difference Merit N N n/a 1999
SIGCAS Service Service N N n/a 1999
SIGCHI CHI Achievement Merit N N $5,000 2000
SIGCHI Douglas Englebart Award for HCI Innovation Merit Y N? Proposed
SIGCOMM Lifetime Achievement Service N N
SIGCOMM SIGCOMM Merit N N $2,000
SIGCOMM Student Paper [SIGCOMM] Paper N N n/a
SIGCPR Best Paper [journal] Paper N N $3,000 1999
SIGCSE Lifetime Service Service N N $1,000 1997
SIGCSE OC to Computer Science Education Merit N N $1,000 1981
SIGDA Best Doctorial Thesis in DA Paper N N $1,000 1999
SIGDA Leadership Award for Meritorious Service Service N N
SIGDOC Best Student Paper Paper N N
SIGDOC Diana {Patterson} Merit Y N n/a
SIGDOC Joseph T. Rigo Merit Y N n/a
SIGDOC Undergraduate Merit? N N Proposed
SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Merit N Y $2,000 $200,000  $212,918  combined awards
SIGGRAPH Conference Student Travel Grant N Y $750,000  $764,344 
SIGGRAPH OC to SIGGRAPH Service N Y n/a 1998 $25,000 
SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Merit Y Y $6,000 with CG Achievement odd years only
SIGGRAPH New Computer Graphics Researcher Merit N Y $1,000 2001 $70,000  pending approval
SIGGROUP Team Award for Significant Contribution Merit N N $5,000 1998
SIGIR Best Student/Non-Student Papers [SIGIR] Paper N N
SIGIR Conference Travel Grant N Y $17,000  $17,065 
SIGIR Gerard Salton Award for Excellence in Research for IR Merit Y Y $1,000? every 3rd year
SIGIR Vannevar Bush [Digital Libraries]  Paper Y N n/a 1998 with SIGWEB
SIGKDD Innovation Merit N N $1,000 1999
SIGKDD Services Service N N $1,000 1999
SIGMICRO Best Paper [MICRO] Paper N N
SIGMICRO Best Presentation [MICRO] ?? N N
SIGMICRO Student Travel [MICRO] Grant N N
SIGMIS ICIS MIS Doctorial Dissertation Paper N N 1995
SIGMOBILE Distinguished Service Service N N n/a
SIGMOBILE OC to Research on Mobility of Systems, Users, Data & Computing Merit N N n/a
SIGMOD Contributions Merit N N $1,000
SIGMOD Innovations Merit N N $1,000 1992?
SIGOPS Best Paper [SOSP] Paper N N
SIGOPS Mark Weiser Merit Y Y $1,000 2000 $20,000  pending approval
SIGOPS PODC Influential Paper Paper N Y with SIGACT
SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Service N Y $500 1996 $16,667  $18,698 
SIGPLAN Programming Languages Achievement Merit N Y $1,000 1997 $33,334  $36,296 
SIGSAC Student Paper [??] Paper N N
SIGSOFT Distinguished Papers [various] Paper N N n/a Proposed
SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Service N N $1,000 1995
SIGSOFT Most Influential Paper [ICSE] Paper N N 1989
SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Merit N N $1,000 1997
SIGSOFT Student Conference Travel Grant N N
SIGUCCS Documentation Competition [UCCS] Paper N N
SIGUCCS Newsletter ?? N N
SIGUCCS Penny Crane Service Y Y $1,000 1999 $40,000 
SIGWEB Best Newcomer Paper [Hypertext] Paper N N n/a Proposed
SIGWEB Engelbart Best Paper [Hypertext] Paper Y N $2,000 1996
SIGWEB Gerard Salton Award for Excellence in Research for IR Merit Y Y $1,000? with SIGIR
SIGWEB Vannevar Bush [Digital Libraries]  Paper Y N n/a 1998 with SIGIR
Totals $56,500 $1,402,001  $1,285,006 
OC=Outstanding Contribution[s]
Note: The Endowment Balance is as of the end of FY99, excluding new awards.